Lacy Baby Blanket Tutorial, Step 1

I have made a detailed tutorial for the Lacy Baby Blanket, which is the most popular item on my blog. The tutorial consists of several steps (nine to be exact) as it is too big a project to fit into one post.

I believe even beginning crocheters can make this blanket following my tutorial (as long as you are familiar with basic crochet stitches).

So if you’d like to make this blanket with me, print out the pattern, gather your supplies and let’s begin!

In this step we get started by making a chain and crocheting the first row of the pattern.

Ch 146 loosely.

Keep your printed-out pattern at hand and refer to it as often as you need to.

We start the first row by making 3 dc in sixth ch from hook (note that the chain on the hook doesn’t count). Then we skip 4 chains and make 3 dc in the next chain. See the picture below.

Now we are going to work the instructions from * to second *, which read:

*ch 3, skip 2 ch, sc in next ch, ch 3, skip 2 ch, 3 dc in next ch, skip 4 ch, 3 dc in next ch*

We need to repeat working the instructions from * to second * across. That will be 12 times in total.

The picture below shows the instructions from * to second *  worked two times. 

Once you have repeated the instructions from * to second * 3-4 times, you probably will be able to memorize them and won’t need to look at the pattern.

When you have crocheted these instructions 12 times, you will see that you have 3 ch left. See picture below.

We are going to finish the row following the instructions after second *, which read:

sk 2 ch, dc in last ch

And make ch 2 for turning.

The first row of our blanket is finished!

If you stretch it on a surface, you should see 13 pattern repeats. Below, I show a picture of three pattern repeats to give you an idea of what I mean.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments below.

I'll post Step 2 next week.